Ole Haagen Nielsen

Current research focuses on improved diagnosis and pharmacological management of diseases in internal medicine - in particular inflammatory bowel disease. In collaboration with national (Biotech Research and Innovation Centre and University of Southern Denmark) and international research groups (Boston, Houston, Palo Alto, Singapore and Zürich) the importance of the intestinal barrier for maintenance of homeostasis / development of inflammation is investigated, including the relevance of intestinal stem cells. Further, the multifactorial interplay of gene-environment interaction (genetics and epigenetics as well as environmental factors, including luminal antigens) in the etiopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease is an important part of interest-based activity.

Safeguarding the undergraduate clinical training of medical students in the fields of internal medicine /  medical gastroenterology.

 

 

• Expert Advisor to the Danish Patient Safety Authority/Danish Health and Medicines Authority in internal medicine
• Board member (internal medicine) of the Danish Appeal Tribunal for Patient Injuries
• Professional responsible for the written authorization examination in medicine and surgery held by the Danish Health and Medicines Authority for doctors educated in 3^rd world countries applying for license to practice in Denmark (1995-2007 Chairman of the written internal medicine board exam at University of Copenhagen)
• Expert Consultant (medical gastroenterology) at the Danish Medico-Legal Council
• Reviewer/Evaluator for European Research Council, Horizon 2020, German Research Council (DFG), Wallenberg Foundation, and previously for the Danish Council for Independent Research (Medical Sciences), the Norwegian Research Council (FRIMEDBIO), the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), Science Foundation Ireland and the French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (Hcéres)
• Member of several editorial committees including eLife (section of "Human Biology and Medicine"), Inflammation Research, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, and the Danish Electronic Doctor’s Handbook (www.sundhed.dk). Former Scientific Editor of Journal of the Danish Medical Association ("Ugeskrift for Laeger") 2001-2007. Moreover, appointed member of the Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator 2011-2017 (Ministry of Higher Education and Science), hereof chair of the expert panel "internal medicine" for 3 years
• Board member of the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty 2004-2016 - and Editor of "Guidelines for Good Scientific Practice with special focus on health science, natural science and technical science" (to be downloaded as a PDF via the webpage of the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science)